Business Administration 3+2 Program, Non-Integrated BS,BA/MBA in Business Administration: Public Management Concentration
The BS,BA/MBA in Business Administration: Public Management Concentration program is unique. It allows qualified students to earn both a Bachelor’s degree, and an MBA In Business Administration with a Public Management Concentration concurrently.
A student can use up to 12 credits of elective from his/her respective major for MBA courses once he/she has been admitted into the program.
A student who earns two “C” or lower grades in graduate-level courses is placed on probation. If a third “C” or lower grade is earned, the student is automatically dismissed from the program.
Students who complete part of the integrated degree plan but decide to opt out of the MBA program and continue towards earning only the undergraduate degree can use the MBA courses toward the undergraduate degree but cannot later use them to pursue the MBA degree.
Specific Admission Requirements
Students from all disciplines would be eligible to participate in a non-integrated BS, BA/MBA in Business Administration: Public Management Concentration opportunity. The requirements for admission are, the students must have completed 90 credits or more in their respective major, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. The students must also take the following required leveling courses:
- ACCT 201 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 c.h.), BSAD 265 Inferential Statistics & Problem Solving (3 c.h.) or MATH 156 Introduction to Statistics (GT-MA1) (3 c.h.), ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) (3 c.h.), FIN 330 Principles of Finance (3 c.h.), MGMT 201 Principles of Management (3 c.h.) and MKTG 340 Principles of Marketing (3 c.h.) and the GPA of those courses must also have a 3.5 or higher before admission to graduate program.
- All students participating in this program will be required to take the GMAT and get a 450 or higher before being admitted into the program.
Specific Program Requirements
Students in the Non-Integrated BS,BA/MBA: Public Management Concentration program must complete:
- The requirements for a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree
- The requirements for a Masters in Business Administration: Public Management Concentration
Students may use up to 12 credits of elective coursework from their respective major to fulfill MBA courses once they have been admitted to the program.
The 3+2 degree plan has the following requirements:
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
General Education | 36 | |
BS or BA Requirements | 72-84 | |
MBA Core & Public Management Concentration | 36 | |
Total Credits | 144-156 |
Undergraduate Requirements
Students must complete all of the degree requirements of the respective major. Please see respective major for specific program requirements.
Graduate Requirements
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ACCT 510 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
BSAD 575 | International Business | 3 |
CIS 565 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
ECON 510 | Economics for Managers | 3 |
MGMT 511 | Production/Operations Management | 3 |
MGMT 585 | Management Policy & Strategy | 3 |
POLS 510 | Public and Nonprofit Leadership | 3 |
POLS 520 | Public Budgeting & Financial Management | 3 |
POLS 530 | Essentials of Public and Nonprofit Management | 3 |
POLS 540 | The Public Policy Process | 3 |
Select two of the following courses: | 6 | |
Business Ethics and Environment | 3 | |
Management of Organizational Behavior | 3 | |
Marketing Management | 3 | |
Total Credits | 36 |